FOUNDER FUEL: Is planning always the best for your team? The conundrum of perceivers and judgers
Do some of your team start to get really uncomfortable when you start changing their plans? Or others start twitching when you are trying to agree to deadlines? This is the conundrum of the Judger and Perceiver personality traits, and it could well be having an impact on your project deliverables and team dynamics. It turns out that whether we plan every detail of a holiday, or just love to go with the flow, it has
Featured in Inc Magazine: Building through burnout to emerge stronger in business
Big shout out to Cameron Albert-Deich of Inc magazine for this moving story on founder wellbeing featuring weare3Sixty - amazing to see it as the main homepage story too! It is a bold and heart-warming founder story punctuated by the panic attacks, sleepless nights, anxiety and derailed health that we hear so much about from founders here in the UK. But this story really focuses on how positive changes can make us STRONGER as founders (something
Founder Fuel: Feed your inner introvert or extrovert to get the best from you and your team
Ever wonder why one of the smartest people in your team is staying silent in a meeting on a subject they know about? Or why someone else just doesn’t seem to want to stop talking? The answer lies on the Introversion Extroversion scale. Understanding the differences between these two can really help team dynamics - even more so now most of us are working remote and interacting on Zoom. In fact, helping your team to simply
Tech Nation boosts founder resilience by launching FounderCircles with weare3Sixty
weare3sixty and Tech Nation have today announced that monthly FounderCircles from weare3Sixty will become part of the Applied AI programme and the FinTech programme this winter. The FounderCircles, which will be facilitated by weare3sixty entrepreneur-focused coaches, are designed to give founders the skills and peer-support required for the rollercoaster ride of running and scaling a startup. Despite the often-glamorised image of entrepreneurship, the reality is very different. In fact, eight out of ten founders often feeling
FounderFuel LIVE with Olympian and World Champion rower Alex Partridge
What can founders learn from athletes when it comes to getting in the zone to perform under pressure? How important is recovery to performing at our best? Why is it bad that we forget to celebrate the wins? And what can we learn from the world's most effective teams that inspires our teams to want to do their very best? These questions and many more were explored with Olympian and World Champion rower Alex Partridge
Founder Fuel: Our wellbeing tech guide for founders
With over 70% of founders saying running a business has affected their physical or mental health, and 68% struggling with regular sleep problems, it comes as no surprise that running a startup is tough. As founders, every single day we choose an amplified lifestyle: high stakes, and the chance to create something great
Founder Fuel: Are negative thoughts downgrading your resilience?
Is it me or are our thoughts just a little bit harder to tame these days? It seems a lot of our founders feel this at the moment. You know the drill… you’re trying to sleep, but your brain has decided “let’s do just one more rehearsal of the [pitch / meeting / awkward conversation – delete as appropriate]”. Or you’re trying to focus on something, but the brain is hijacking you saying, “let’s worry a little
Founder Fuel: Are you stealing productivity from your future self with busy procrastination?
As entrepreneurs, there often seems to be some unwritten rule that we should be ‘giving our best’ all the time. That we should be filling every minute with tasks… with ‘output’. But the question is, are you filling it with the right tasks? The ones that are the priority, and that will push your business forward? Written by our cognitive scientist Maria Lehl What is it you’re working hard on? Often we’re working towards major deadlines, but
Founder Fuel: Startup team communication for a work-from-home (WFH) reality
This is part 3 of our series to survive the startup team turbulence of the COVID-19 public crisis - we hope it goes just a little way to help us all get through the next few weeks. Part 1 on founder survival is here, part 2 on spotting sign of stress in your team is here. The most effective startup leaders take an individualised approach to team leadership. By watching, learning and coaching each team member it
Founder Fuel: Spotting stress in your startup team even when you’re remote
In turbulent times, it can be tough enough to manage your own stress as an entrepreneur and startup leader (see your tips here in part 1), but being present and supportive with your team is what will really get you through these tough times as a business; and build effective team relationships in the long-run too. Keep an eye out for overwhelm In these unprecedented times, it is impossible for work commitments and life commitments not to